Thermal Grizzly WireView GPU Normal, 180°, 1x 8-Pin PCIe

Seit der Einführung von Monitoring-Adaptern wie dem WireView (Pro), dem Ampinel oder auch NVIDIAs PCAT taucht in Foren und Diskussionen immer wieder dieselbe Frage auf: Verursachen diese Geräte einen Leistungsverlust bei Grafikkarten, weil durch die eingebauten Shunt-Widerstände ein minimaler Spannungsabfall entsteht? Diese Sorge hält sich hartnäckig, obwohl bislang niemand einen solchen Effekt unter kontrollierten Bedingungen wirklich valide belegen konnte. Urban Legend oder Realität?

How many times have you found yourself wondering just how much power your graphics card or your entire system was drawing at a specific time? Personally, that's something I've always wanted and even though with software like AIDA64, HWiNFO and GPUZ you can see just how much power parts of your system are drawing it's not quite as easy (or as effective) as to actually being able to just look at your system to see the number. To be honest displaying power consumption (GPU, CPU and entire system) is a feature I've recommended to power supply manufacturers many times to date and even though some models with a similar feature do exist they are but a drop in the ocean (not to mention high cost). Thermal Grizzly has an easy solution for people who want to see just how much power their GPU is drawing at any given time and so today I'm testing both their WireView and WireView Pro GPU monitoring tools.